G/TBT/N/SWE/134  
23 October 2019  
(19-6965) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SWEDEN   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Swedish Transport Agency  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
National Board of Trade Sweden  
Adress: Bo x 6803, 113 86 Stockholm, Sweden  
Phone: + 46 690 48 56  
Email: kommerskollegium@kommers.se   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCC N where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Special 
equipment for taxi vehicles that have special equipment instead of fare meters. These 
vehicles must be affiliated with one or more bo oking centres. The special equipment in 
the vehicle must gather information on the odometer value or cumulative distance driven, 
timestamp information, gather/provide information on the vehicle identification number, 
provide information on the equipment se rial number and, in a secure manner, 
communicate with and transfer information to the technical equipment of the booking 
centre. The information must be capable of being stored until it has been transferred to 
the booking centre. The required demands conce rns the authorities that will execute 
controls and certifications of equipment used.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Swedish 
Transport Agency regulations and general advice on special equipment for taxi vehicles 
(12 page(s), in Swedish)  
6. Description of content:  The regulatory proposal contains requirements for the 
certification of special equipment for taxi vehicles, requirements for manufacturers of 
special equipment, requirements that apply to the special equipment to be used in taxi 
vehicles that do not have fare meters fitted, requirements that apply to accredited 
inspection bodies and requirements for checking the special equipment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The regulatory proposal aims to ensure t hat collection, storage and 
disclosure of information takes place under conditions that are appropriate for maintaining 
the security of the transferred information. Finally, the rules aim to ensure that the stored 
information can be transferred to the Swed ish Tax Agency as a basis for tax control.  G/TBT/N/SWE/134  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Draft of the proposed technical regulation and regulatory impact assessment  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not specified  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not specified  
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tris/sv/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=2019&num=300  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/SWE/19_5837_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/SWE/1 9_5837_01_e.pdf